Society for College and University Planning
How Would You Spend $100M to Improve Education
Fast Company has published a new article and resource from Anya Kamanetz (author of DIY-U). Reacting to a grant of $100M from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to the city of Newark, NJ, she thinks the money is being spent the wrong way. "Is it possible to craft an education platform that's as participatory, offers as much opportunity for self-expression, and is as magnetic to young people as Facebook itself? That would be a theory of change worth testing."
Attached to Kamenetz' essay are 13 "Radical Ideas" from a variety of education leaders. They are short, but some are provocative. SCUPers will especially like Radical Idea #13: Build a Better Classroom. The focus of all is on K–12, but here is a Blog U post with suggestions for higher education.
Labels: Change, improvement, Funding, Transformation, futuring, Environmental Scanning, Kamenetz